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WATCH MAKERS SIGN.

Patented Mar..1 1," 1884.

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UNITED STATES PATENT. OFFICE.

EDWVARD MILLER, OF BELLEFONTAINE, OHIO.

WATCH-MAKERS SIGN.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 295,037, dated March11, 1884,

Application filed March 9, 1883. (X0 model.) I

To aZZ whom, it may concern Be it known that LEDWARD C. MILLER, ofBellefontaine, in the county of Logan and State of Ohio, have invented acertain new and useful Improvement in VVatch-Makers Signs, of which thefollowing is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being hadto the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, and inwhich Figure 1 is a front view, and Fig. 2a vertical section, bothfigures showing the upper end of the post on which the sign issupported.

My invention relates to a watch-makers sign, constructed as hereinafterdescribed, and pointed out in the claim.

Referring to the drawings,'A is a suitable supporting-post, having areduced upper end, A, as shown. Y

B represents a watch having a stem, B, and an opening, 0, in its rimopposite the stem to admit the reduced end of the post. This opening 0is strengthened by a block or collar, D, which is bolted to the rim ofthe watch, as shown in Fig. 2. Upon the upper end of the post is aremovable pin, E, with a conical head or upper end, which fits in asimilarshaped opening, F, in the stem of the watch, as shown in Fig. 2.The sign is supported on this pin, so that when the wind strikes oneside of the sign, generally by being deflected from some other object,it will turn, thus avoiding danger of its being split or torn to piecesby the wind, and by making the pin E removable it can be replaced byanother when it becomes worn.

My sign preferably consists of an unusuallylarge watch, and it isparticularly essential that it be thus supported to avoid the dangersmentioned. Suitable braces, G, extending across the sign within thecasing, are employed to strengthen the sign, which is preferably made ofsheet metal.

I do not wish to confine myself to any particular size or to anyparticular construction of the watch-casing, nor do I wish to confinemyself to any particular material; but

What I do claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

In a watch-makers sign, the combination of post A, having reduced end A,watch-casing B, having braces G, extending across the casing, and stemB, having opening F, a block, D, having opening 0 and secured to thebottom of the casing, and a removable pin, E, secured to the end of thepost and fitting in the opening in the stem, as set forth.

- EDVARD G. MILLER.

In presence of- DUNCAN Dow, D. B. TANGER.

